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Do not expect to practise easily in a place where doors are frequently banged and voices raised to shout. Do not expect to move smoothly toward the inner stillness if you are startled again and again by other violent noises. Do not even expect that flight to an Indian ashram may solve your problem for if it removes some distractions it may replace them by new ones--such as mosquitoes zooming down to attack and steamy heat oppressing flesh or nerve relentlessly.

-- Notebooks Category 4: Elementary Meditation > Chapter 2 : Place and Condition > # 111